Monday, September 28, 2009

Edited to Add: Sorry, I didn't place the link to sign up with UStamp, it's there now and also can be found here. And, I forgot to add that that the contest for a FREE pass to the Holiday UStamp closes tomorrow Sept. 28th at 10 am.

If you've been following my blog, you know I was asked to be a Guest Designer for UStamp. Below is the project that I designed exclusive for UStamp .

What is UStamp so many of you have asked... it's an online Stampin' Up! class run by Dawn Rapsas (Stampin' Up! #1 Demonstrator of the Year, 2009) and her friends from all the countries Stampin' Up! has demonstrators in; Germany, France, England, Australia and New Zealand. Every day for 28 days, you get a new project complete with pdf instructional tutorial and colored photos. (All projects are shown in all languages with the proper measurements for that country's language). Plus they offer prizes, you can chat on line with the designers, a photo album so you can see what others have made with the projects shared each day, an organized swap, etc. It's very fun!!

And now for the big announcement...........I've been invited back!! Yeah me!! This time I am a Creative Crew Girl and I will be designing 2 projects exclusively for UStamp members!

Join today to get in on the "Special Pricing" of only $19.99. You will want to hurry because pricing increases to $24.99 on October 1st. Join HERE.

UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! Holiday 09 will open bright and early Friday, October 16th and will wrap up Friday, November 13th. You are getting a GREAT value with this event because we have 28 days Plus 1 EXTRA day for good luck, of amazing creative holiday fun!!

You want to join me?? UStamp is offering a FREE tuition for me to give away!! Valerie Durham was my winner of a paid tuition for the Fall session and you could be next!! All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me why YOU should win. Please leave your contact information. Last time some of you had the correct answers to the questions I asked but there was no way for me to contact you.If you have already paid and are a winner, no worries, your money will be refunded.

9/29 The contest is now closed. I have a winner!!! Just waiting on Dawn to let me know when I can announce it. Thank You to all who left comments. That was AMAZING!! ___________

Also, a reminder that my 12 Days of Christmas is set to run October 1-12 right here on this blog!!

Just like last year, no detailed descriptions will be given.

Just like last year the complete tutorial of all 12 days will be released of the 12th.

And just like last year the cost will be $12.95 because you are getting 12 projects!!

Becky,I would love to win. I have purchased many of your tutorials and have NEVER been disappointed. You have lots of photos and the instructions are clear. Pick me! Pick me! Please......Plus the projects are beautiful! My Stamp Club gals have made several of them and they are always in awe. Thanks for all you do!

I'm a newer demonstrator with Stampin' Up (I joined in May). I have a few customers that are awesome but I'm still struggling with expanding my customer base and even have a potential recruit. Any ideas etc I would love to help me in my efforts. I'm only putting the money I make from stampin' up back into my business so I'm not taking from my family's budget and so the money is still tight for me but it is getting betterAubriaubsicle@gmail.comcreativeaubservations.com

BeckyI would love to win - always looking for new ideas. I have purchased several of your tutorials and they are wonderful. I know the ideas in the offer will be super but it would be nice to experence them first hand without having to pay.contact ifodggard@bellsouth.net

Hi Becky - As you know - I love your blog and your creations and I have purchased all of your tutorials! It would be wonderful to get something free - woohoo! I can't join the Fall segment right now as I am out of money! Boo Hoo. I would love to win! Renee Winch at brturn@austin.rr.com

I would love the opportunity to win. I have a handicapped child with lots of medical expenses and so my money for crafting is extremely limited. I love your tutorials and blogs. Thanks for the opportunity. Blessings!

I would love to win! My friend is a Stampin Up demonstrator and I have bought many things from her but I get so intimidated when I take it all out - I don't know where to begin! So then I don't! This tutorial would be a great starting point for me.

Win something? me? NEVER happens!! I'd love you to prove me wrong!!! Seriously, I would love to win this - the instructions would help me get my stamping business moving. I actually held my first workshop just yesterday - and I have a LOT still to learn about getting my friends to love stamping as much as I do.Janetbobjanet@pacbell.net

Ohmygosh!! The pressure of telling you WHY I should win a free tuition to UStamps...it's too much!!! I should win because I want to? That's not enough to make me worthy. Hmmmm, I LOVE your blog and your creations?? No, everyone loves your blog and creations, so that's not enough. Because I want to use the ideas in my SU business and spread the inspiration to others? That still doesn't sound worthy of winning a free tuition to such a great resource. I guess I don't really "deserve" it, but wow, would I love and enjoy and appreciate it!Good luck to you as you design for the team!Pampwarden24134@gmail.com

I should win because it will make not only me happy, but my DH as well for the fact that I'm saving money wherever possible :o) I signed up for the fall UStamp and loved it.Thanks for all the great ideas on your blog.

Oh Becky ~ please, please pick me! I would love to win! I've purchased some of your tutorials (and I'm waiting patiently for the 12 days...) and I love to let the blogging world know how awesome your tutorials are!

Sounds like lots of fun...and I would LOVE to be selected....I need all the help I can get...my "mojo" has left the building and I need it back!!! Love all your projects and want to sign up in the worst way, but my credit card is due the 30th and I have to get that paid first...drat...maybe I can sell something....hmmm....I would honored!!

I'd love to win -- want to hear my stories of hardship and woe this month? I've got a list, but I won't bore you with it -- I'm desperately trying to get my stamping business of the ground because I need to supplement our income -- these projects would be a very big help to me! Thanks! jeannie

I would loved to win and loce finding new projects. I loce to share my creativity with all my friends and hope to get some of them interested. I love to see their faces when I give them something I have made.

HMMMM...I would love to win but you can pick me because we are both cat(animal) lovers! ;-) We have Super Cat(my daughter thought since there was a superman and supergirl then they should have a super cat!), and Tabitha. We just had put down our cat Jenny a few months ago. I had her for 17 years!Oh-I love seeing your cat in the tutorials!

I would love to win. I moved from Alaska to Kentucky to care for my elderly mother. Since April 2009 we sold a "home" in Alaska, bought a house in Kentucky, and are trying to sell my mother's house(she is now in a nursing home) which equates to packing or unpacking boxes for almost six months. I haven't had much time to get my business going again and this would be a perfect jump starter! Not intending to sound "whoa is me" but I really do need to find new customers and can use all the help I can get. I watch your blog daily and love what you share. Thanks!Vickiarcticvis@insightbb.com

I would LOVE to win. I recently decided to take my papercrafting to "the next level" ... I only signed on as a demo a few months ago and am super-excited to have met some incredible ladies as a result. I have been looking (in awe) at all the projects the UStamp designers have been creating. Can't wait to see what is in store for this time around!!

ooo ooo! I want to win! I love your blog and all your fun and beautifully amazing tutorials! You have such an eye for details and color combination's! I love it! Pick me, pick me! Plus you know I want to live in Idaho! ha ha! ;) And I've never done UStamp before so it'll be a whole new adventure!

I would love to win. I love all the creative stuff that I have gotten from you in the past and I really need to keep my SU business moving forward since my husband lost his job of 28 years and right now this is our only income, and with times the way they are I can use all the creative help I can get to inspire and create upcoming events for my customers and hopefully NEW recruits. Thanks for the "Inking Idaho" in my life!!! Cathy

Wow, not only do I visit your blog daily and now this? Just WOW! I would love to win b/c every single project I make, I GIVE away. I belong to 2 mothers of preschoolers groups and love to brighten the moms' day by giving little gifts at each meeting...and we all know that presentation is everything!!Thanks so much for all your sharing!~Lana B~mamastamps at sbcglobal dotnet

First off, I love your blog. It is literally the first blog I check when I have a chance to sit down at the computer. Thanks for all of the wonderful inspiration.

Secondly, CONGRATS on being chosen again to design for UStamp. It is definitely well deserved.

Third, of course I should win. (Too bad we all cant win.) I have been tossing back and forth on whether or not to join. Funds are really tight here just like they are for just about everyone. My almost 8 year old daughter has asked me to make special gifts for her teachers already and she doesn't like any of my current ideas so hopefully we could find one on UStamp that she likes. Plus I am not above bribery! lol. No seriously if I win I will definitely have some not so random raks to send!

oh i would love to win... you should pick me because i am ALWAYS looking for fun new projects and most of those happen to be right here on your blog. I would love to see what the other gals have come up with as well.. :) thanks for the chance to win

Hi Becky,I would really love to win the session . Wish I could be a demonstrator for Stampin up here in Mexico, but they have not opened it up yet and have no idea when they will. I lvoe Stampin Up products bt I understand that I cannot purchase them from anyone as they would come to Mexico even though I have a US account. Oh well such is life.It is very difficult to get stamps and especiall DP here in Mexico. So I improvise and do the best that I can.God Bless,Audreyemai: audrey@rosemansroost.comMy Blog: http://audreyscardbydesign.blogspot.com

Congrats Becky! I have bought your tutes before and love them. I'm looking forward to your 12 Days because I have a girl scout troop that loves papercrafting. I should win because I am a custom woodworker with not enough "wood" work so I'm trying to get a stamping business started. Oh woe is me! When you notify me that I won I will send you a little wooden basket that I made and you can decorate it. Thanks for the chance. awilhelm@comcast.net

Well I would love to win because I have never won anything on someone's blog before and I don't know if I'm deserving of it as much as some of these other crafters but I think it would be awesome to win something once in my lifettime. As my daughter says to me "Mom you are the most unlucky person I know", and she is so right. I can't weight to see the 12 days of christmas. i had a blast last year with your ideas.

I would LOVE to WIN! I'm a new SU demo and am looking for more inspiration. I love all of your projects and look forward to your emails. Thanks for the chance to WIN!Vanessa H.at ness2462@sbcglobal.net

Becky, I'm so excited for you! I love UStamp and was excited you were part of the design team this time -- and I really look forward to your next projects -- therefore I should be the one to WIN! - ha ha ha. Deb

I should win because I'm not a risk taker. Getting me to try something new (like an on-line stamping university) is big in my world. My friends will be quite surpised that I even enter to win free tuition!!!

I have no good reason why I should win, but I would love to win. I am going to school full time right now and money is very tight as my husband has been unemployed for 9 weeks now. I love to craft and there is no money in the budget for doing so right now. Winning would give me a litlle pick me up to keep me going in this stressful time.

I'd love to win this!! I check your blog everyday - you are truly a very creative and talented person. I have used many of your ideas as inspiration for my own classes and clubs. I've never participated in one of these events, but it sounds like fun! I'm sure there will be lots I can take from it and use! Thanks for sharing your great ideas.

I need to get away from court cases, lawyers, medical visits and the day to day craziness (that is my personal life) and is growing white hairs out of my head...so that I can be a good mommy to three kids....

I want to sit down in my crafty space. I want to make pretty things for the holidays. I want to suck up some joy and amusement and creativity and recharge.

Not want...need.

It would be so much easier for me to focus and do this with an online community and tutorials because it would be like having my own instructor showing me what to do.

I have no 'ho ho ho' in my mojo...

THIS WOULD DO IT!

ahem. Was that too blunt? It's been a hard day, lol. THank you for offering the opportunity. I love coming here for inspiration and enjoyment.

I would love to win. I enjoy your blog. My daughter is getting to an age where she enjoys it as well. This would be a great opportunity for us to sit down and make something with the directions right in front of us.

Hi Becky,I would love to win this amazing prize it will help me to get my own SU business off the ground here in Australia. I resigned from my job late last year due to workplace bullying and since then have been working to try and get my SU business off the ground. Money is always scarce though and I did want to do the UStamp class but could not afford to. I have purchased all of your tutorials and am eagerly awaiting the 12 days lol. I live in a country town where it is hard to get customers so I am trying to build it up and this might just give me the edge I need.Thanks once again Becky for giving me an opportunity to win.RegardsMichellebohemiangypsy@dodo.com.au

I've been a SU! Demonstrator for a month. I've seen the projects you and a few others have done for Ustamp! They are WONDERFUL! I would use this membership to share my love of SU! with my current and potential customers with WOW! projects~showing others wonderful ways to use great product. Also to make wonderful gifts to give away.

What a great prize!! A fantastic resource for all Demonstrators and loads of fun for the papercrafter. I'd absolutely luuuuv to win a free pass. What better way to advertise and expand U Stamp to the Aussie SU family. Becky your Tutorials are a terrific help to me in my business and I can only imagine what's on offer at U Stamp.

I have just discovered stampin' up, even though I have been paper crafting for several years. My son left recently for boarding school (his choice) and I made the sour cream containers using a new stamp and the dorm guys loved them! So, I made a promise to myself to send a box of goodies for them to share every month. The classes would give me tons of great ideas.

I would love to win the free tuition, but I'm hoping to be able to join, regardless. If te rest of the tutorials are half as great as the ones you do (and I know they are) then they are wort everypenny. I so need the inspiration (and instuctions... LOL)!

I should win because I am your biggest fan! I visit your blog EVERY DAY and if you haven't posted I enter a deep depression that even the smell of rubbah can't get me out of. Seriously, I really want to win this UStamp holiday session, because I can't afford to pay for it, but I want it very badly!!!Please, Please, Please! With chocolate on top!!!

(smooch) (smooch) (smooch) [sound effects of me kissing up]

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Insert Big CHEESY GRIN here.Thank you so much for allowing us the chance to win. It really would be an honor.

I can't tell you why I SHOULD win, but I would love to win. I am new to following your blog, but I love it. I love learning new things and definitely need photos. lol There is no way I can afford it right now. We were finally going to be getting on our feet financially due to a deployment, but won't now due to an impending surgery. I'm thrilled he's not deploying yet, but there will be NO income for the next 2-3 months unless we can get some type of unemployment since he's technically a reservist, although he's been on active duty most of the time he's been in. DebStampindebs at aol dot com is my email. I know whoever wins will be thrilled, and congrats to you for being selected twice!!

Since I have not ever done anything like this before to winwould be a great way to see what it is all about. After seeing that others have been doing these and how much they love it even ifI do not win I will sign up so I won't miss out on all the fun.Cynthiacgraham@pnc.edu

I am sure that everyone would be a worthy winner. I would love to win because I lost my job 3 years ago after 17 years at the same company. I have had to move from my home and am now a caregiver for my mom--we can keep her home and that is important. I now have more spare time to stamp but not the budget. I love Stampin UP and their products. Thanks for the chance to win admission to UStamp!djstamper2003 at yahoo dot com

I would love to win. I could use the project sheets for my once a month stamping get together.They can show off their completed projects to their family members which will help snag them into coming to our next months stamping get together. This will increase sales for demonstrators and SU. Its a win win situation!!!!!Ann

Hello Becky...First of all Congrats on the Guest designer... you work very hard and are a talented person you deserve it... on the other hand I am untalented...if it weren't for blogs like yours I wouldn't be able to come up with such great ideas... thats why you should pick me... Thanks for the chance I don't envy you at all for having to pick someone because I read all of the comments before me and there are so many that seem more deserving than I.....Melissa woodlandcourt@aol.com

I LOVE your projects, I BUY your projects and I LOVE to stamp. I would LOVE to win because I live in California and I'm a state worker and they are docking my pay 3 days PER MONTH! I am going to buy it if I don't win it, but winning it would be SOOOO much better :D

I haven't participated in UStamp yet, but have been thinking about it this time. It sure would be great to get that free pass to try it out :) Anyho, I know your projects are awesome so Ustamp has to be awesome as well :)

Hi Becky! I should win the the u-stamp pass because my daughter seriously needs some one-on-one time with mommy (she has two toddler brothers!) and this would be a GREAT activity to do with her! Pick me, pick me! LOL!! thanks so much for the opportunity!

I would love the opportunity to win. Your project is fabulous! I've been an SU demo for over a year and have never held a class or workshop out of fear of not having anything worthy of people paying for the class. Also, I've never taken a class from an SU demo. My upline is long distance and I'm unable to attend her fabulous workshops. Please help :)

would love to win too- i know that sounds original...as a new demonstrator from australia and honestly need all the help i can get..it would be great to have that on tap and access to all the other more experienced demonstrators..

I would LOVE to win your subscription to the Ustamp event. I am a newbie SU demo and need lots of ideas to keep my friends and family HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY. Oh PLEASE pick ME! Hugs from the kamperstamprkamperstampr@new.rr.com

I would LOVE to win. I've never won anything on a blog before. I'm trying exceptionally hard to hold classes and workshops before Christmas. I try to give my customers new ideas. I love all your tutorials!!! Thank you sooo much.

I would love to win . . . I have never participated in any of these type events and I just want to learn as much as possible from the best at it. I have been following your blog and I love it. It is the easiest for me to grasp. Some of them are so confusing. Of course I am a rookie. Pick Me! Boy could I use it, "calgon take me away."

PICK ME PICK ME PICK ME!!! :) I am a new demo and could use all the help I can get! :) I also have a very busy never stopping almost 3 year old who keeps me busy so to have a chance to spend my after the crazy one's bed time learning how to create some amazing things would be awesome and relaxing! So again I say PICK ME PLEASE! :)

I would love to win. I look forward to your post everyday and I don't know why I should win, I just really want to win. I am going to a 4 day crop in October and could really wow everyone if I was working on the projects...Thanks for work you do.Heidihlien@wiktel.com

I think you should pick me because I am having a baby in a few weeks. I always make wonderful handmade gifts for the holidays, but this year I am going to be limited on time to make them and ideas so it would be incredibly helpful to have all the ideas, and such a time saver to have the instructions as well! I want to make sure this year my holiday handmade gifts are as stunning as in years past, so please pick me! I would be so grateful!

Hi Becky! I would love, love, love to be a part of this. I have never participated in something like this but it sounds awesome. I have been a demo for 3 years, but mostly hobby. I am looking to really expand my business and this would be a great way for me to get a jumpstart! Please pick me!!!! Yes, I'm begging!!

I love your creativity. I have purchased 3 of you tutorials and have made almost everything in them. I can't wait to see this year's 12 Day of Christmas. USTAMP is something new to me and sounds very exciting.

I would like to win as well. U have purchased many of you other itmes and found them very east to follo. Now thats saying something since I am a mother of 5 year old twni daughters who want to do everything mama does. You should see what they can create with paper, sissors and sticky tape. Your ork and creativity is a life saver here. TFSReinacontact info is moore.reina@yahoo.com

I would like to win, I dont say I deserve to win, but I would surely like to win.. I am trying to get as many different classes going to really boost my business and I think your classes would really help me make some money.. I hopeyou chose me...thanksDeb

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